Using the arts for awareness, communication and knowledge translation in older adulthood: a scoping review

Figures & data

Figure 1. Flow chart of article inclusion.

Figure 2. Number of articles by year of publication.

Table 1. Summary of included studies.

Authors (year)	Art form	Content Focus	Target Audience	Aim	Research Basis
Barlett (2015)	Textile banners Documentary film	Persons with dementia	Public	Describe managing creative process and engaging with artists	Diary interviews with 16 persons with dementia
Feldman et al. (2011)	Research-based community theatre (RBCT)	Widowhood	Public	Target ageing stereotypes, promote engagement with key life events, promote healthy ageing	Focus group interviews with culturally diverse older women
Groninger and Childress (2007)	Theatre “Rockaby”	Isolation, solitary elderly	Public	Explore how “Rockaby” could promote understanding and empathy in HCPs	Artist-based study of the nature of aging, quality of life for frail and solitary elderly, and end-of-life preparations in contemporary society
Koch et al. (2007)	Storytelling	Centenarians	Public	Combat ageism	Qualitative interviews with 24 centenarians
Koch, Turner, Smith, and Hutnik (2010)	Storytelling	Centenarians	Public	Combat ageism	Conversational interviews with 16 centenarians
Kontos and Naglie (2006)*	Performance ethnography “Expressions of Personhood”	Persons with dementia	Health practitioners (nurses & ancillary care providers)	Describe translation of ethnographic research into performance ethnography	Ethnographic fieldwork (i.e. participant observation) on personhood in Alzheimer’s unit
Kontos and Naglie (2007)*	Performance ethnography “Expressions of Personhood”	Persons with dementia	Health practitioners (nurses & ancillary care providers)	Evaluation of research based theatre	Ethnographic fieldwork (i.e. participant observation) on personhood in Alzheimer’s unit
Kontos (2010)	Drama	Persons with dementia	Dementia practitioners (nurses, personal support workers, allied health)	Improve person centered care	Existing curriculum integrated with “Expressions of Personhood” drama based on ethnographic fieldwork
Marquis-Faulkes, McKenna, Newell, and Gregor (2005).	Video-recorded theatre	Older adults, frail older adults	Older adults and sheltered housing wardens	Fall prevention	Focus group and anecdotal evidence
Mitchell, Jonas-Simpson, and Ivonoffski (2006)	Research- based theatre (RBT) “I’m Still Here”	Persons with dementia	Persons and families living with dementia, HCPs	Describe process of developing RBT	Several qualitative studies and experiences of HCPs, actors and persons with dementia
McKay and Bright (2005)	Theatre	Persons with dementia	HCPs	Dementia training for HCPs using theatre	Experience and expertise of staff groups
Pardue (2004)	Readers-Theatre	Aging	Nursing students	Nursing education about ageing	Not described

Figure 3. Current status of developing arts-based strategies.

Figure 4. Iterative co-creative process of arts-based knowledge translation development.

Barlett, R. (2015). Visualizing dementia activism: Using the arts to communicate research findings. Qualitative Research, 15(6), 755–768.

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Feldman, S., Radermacher, H., Lorains, F., & Haines, T. (2011). A research-based community theater performance to promote ageing: Is it more than just a show? Educational Gerontology, 37(10), 885–898.

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Groninger, H., & Childress, M. D. (2007). Samuel Beckett‘s “rockaby”: Dramatizing the plight of the solitary elderly at life‘s end. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 50(2), 260–275. Retrieved from Embase;MEDLINEdatabase.

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Koch, T., Power, C., & Kralik, D. (2007). Researching with centenarians. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 2(1), 52–61. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=c8h&AN=106119112&site=ehost-live&scope=site

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Koch, T., Turner, R., Smith, P., & Hutnik, N. (2010). Storytelling reveals the active, positive lives of centenarians. Nursing Older People, 22(8),31–36. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=c8h&AN=105114226&site=ehost-live&scope=site

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Kontos, P., & Naglie, G. (2006). Expressions of personhood in Alzheimer’s: Moving from ethnographic text to performing ethnography. Qualitative Research, 6(3), 301–317.

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Kontos, P. C., & Naglie, G. (2007). Expressions of personhood in Alzheimer’s Disease: An evaluation of research-based theatre as a pedagogical tool. Qualitative Health Research, 17(6), 799–811.

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Marquis-Faulkes, F., McKenna, S. J., Newell, A. F., & Gregor, P. (2005). Gathering the requirements for a fall monitor using drama and video with older people. Technology & Disability, 17(4), 227–236. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=c8h&AN=106307777&site=ehost-live&scope=site

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Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., & Ivonoffski, V. (2006). Research based theatre: The making of I’m Still Here! Nursing Science Quarterly, 19(3), 198–206.

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Mays, N., Roberts, E., & Popay, J. (2001) Synthesising research evidence. In Fulop, N., Allen, P., Clarke, A., & Black, N. (Eds.) Studying the organisation and delivery of health services: research methods. Routledge, London, pp. 188-220. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/15408 McKay, M., & Bright, S. (2005). Dementia care: Learning through drama. Practice Development in Health Care, 4(1), 18–23

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Pardue, K. (2004). Introducing reader’s theatre! A strategy to foster aesthetic knowing in nursing. Nurse Educator, 29(2), 58–62.

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